1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lauxlib.c b/lauxlib.c
index fec834d3..d742fd27 100644
--- a/lauxlib.c
+++ b/lauxlib.c
@@ -249,11 +249,13 @@ LUALIB_API int luaL_fileresult (lua_State *L, int stat, const char *fname) {
     return 1;
   }
   else {
+    const char *msg;
     luaL_pushfail(L);
+    msg = (en != 0) ? strerror(en) : "(no extra info)";
     if (fname)
-      lua_pushfstring(L, "%s: %s", fname, strerror(en));
+      lua_pushfstring(L, "%s: %s", fname, msg);
     else
-      lua_pushstring(L, strerror(en));
+      lua_pushstring(L, msg);
     lua_pushinteger(L, en);
     return 3;
   }
@@ -750,9 +752,12 @@ static const char *getF (lua_State *L, void *ud, size_t *size) {
 
 
 static int errfile (lua_State *L, const char *what, int fnameindex) {
-  const char *serr = strerror(errno);
+  int err = errno;
   const char *filename = lua_tostring(L, fnameindex) + 1;
-  lua_pushfstring(L, "cannot %s %s: %s", what, filename, serr);
+  if (err != 0)
+    lua_pushfstring(L, "cannot %s %s: %s", what, filename, strerror(err));
+  else
+    lua_pushfstring(L, "cannot %s %s", what, filename);
   lua_remove(L, fnameindex);
   return LUA_ERRFILE;
 }
@@ -805,6 +810,7 @@ LUALIB_API int luaL_loadfilex (lua_State *L, const char *filename,
   }
   else {
     lua_pushfstring(L, "@%s", filename);
+    errno = 0;
     lf.f = fopen(filename, "r");
     if (lf.f == NULL) return errfile(L, "open", fnameindex);
   }
@@ -814,6 +820,7 @@ LUALIB_API int luaL_loadfilex (lua_State *L, const char *filename,
   if (c == LUA_SIGNATURE[0]) {  /* binary file? */
     lf.n = 0;  /* remove possible newline */
     if (filename) {  /* "real" file? */
+      errno = 0;
       lf.f = freopen(filename, "rb", lf.f);  /* reopen in binary mode */
       if (lf.f == NULL) return errfile(L, "reopen", fnameindex);
       skipcomment(lf.f, &c);  /* re-read initial portion */
@@ -823,6 +830,7 @@ LUALIB_API int luaL_loadfilex (lua_State *L, const char *filename,
     lf.buff[lf.n++] = c;  /* 'c' is the first character of the stream */
   status = lua_load(L, getF, &lf, lua_tostring(L, -1), mode);
   readstatus = ferror(lf.f);
+  errno = 0;  /* no useful error number until here */
   if (filename) fclose(lf.f);  /* close file (even in case of errors) */
   if (readstatus) {
     lua_settop(L, fnameindex);  /* ignore results from 'lua_load' */